ANDY DEVONSHIRE EXEC/ SERIES DIRECTOR / PRODUCER 0777 558 1946 [email protected]
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ANDY DEVONSHIRE EXEC/ SERIES DIRECTOR / PRODUCER 0777 558 1946 [email protected] I am a multiple BAFTA award-winning director who has created the look of two of the most defining factual TV series of recent years: The Apprentice and The Great British Bake Off. I take a visual approach that makes people look again and again at things they didn’t know they could be addicted to- from business to antiques, via satire- and cake. Member Bafta, Directors UK and DGA. US O1 visa. Various ads, M&Y films/ Habana Creative/Nice Biscuits/ Rock Hound/ Th2ng/ Redbee Commercials, promos and sponsorship credits including BBC, Tesco, Morrisons, COI's Apprenticeship campaign, Comet, Cadbury's, SeaFrance, N&P Building Society. Also BBCOne trailers: “The Great British Bake Off’ (World Cup & Hills are Alive) “Have I Got News for You”. Series Director/ Exec Taskmaster 1-9 (32 x 1hr) Avalon TV / Dave Co-Devised and directed both studio and location for a new format- the panel show meets Top Gear; where comics undertake bizarrely comic tasks for Greg Davies and Alex Horne. Also the American version of Taskmaster starring Reggie Watts for Comedy Central. (USA) ***Chortle awards winner 2017, Broadcast shortlist 2016 & 17, winner Broadcast ‘Best Entertainment show’ 2018; RTS Shortlist 2017, BAFTA nominee comedy/ comedy entertainment 2017 and 2018*** Series Director The Great British Bake Off S1, 2, 3(part), 5, 6, 7 Love Prod BBC1 Mel & Sue oversee amateur bakers battling to become Britain’s best baker. I returned to take the series from BBC2 to BBC1. Also Masterclasses, Comic & Sport Relief Bake Offs, The Great American Baking Show (ABC) (12 x 1hr.) *** Awards include Best Feature, BAFTAs 2016, 2013 & 2012; NTA 2016, Montreux Rose d'Or 2012*** Series Director Charlie Brooker’s Weekly / End of Year Wipes 2013/14/15 BBC2 Links and comedy sketches for this topical satirical review show. (2 x 1hr, 12 x 30min) Series Director The Taste (Aug 13 – Jan 14) CPL/ C4 Nigella Lawson, Anthony Bourdain and Ludo Lefevbre search for the best cook by blind tasting a single spoon of their cooking... (10 x 1hr) Series Ed / Dir / Exec Ross Noble Freewheeling S1 (April – Sept 13) NorthOne / Dave An anti-travelogue comedy series, as the comedian conducts a random tour of the country, driven entirely by tweets from the public. (6 x 1hr) Director Alfred Hitchcock – Made in Britain (Nov/ Mar 13) Hotsauce/ITV Jonathan Ross looks at the early career of Britain’s finest director. Series Director Child Genius S1&2 (Feb/ Mar 13 & 14) Wall to Wall /C4 The quest to find Britain’s smartest youngster as 7-11 year olds pit their wits against MENSA... Series Director The Apprentice 2-8, Young Apprentice 1&2 TalkbackThames/BBC ONE I was the first PD on series 1. Then from 2004-2012 I was responsible for the show's overall look, and roughly 60% of each show. I directed the candidate & car sequences, helicopter aerials of London, all of Lord Sugar's appearances, task briefings and interviews. I also ran and directed the multi-camera boardroom. Each year I evolved the look of the show, including a boardroom re- design(S4). I also directed the Comic Relief and Sports Relief Apprentice versions. ***Young Apprentice winner BAFTA 2012 Best Reality and Constructed Factual; The Apprentice has won various awards incl. BAFTA Best Feature and Montreux Rose d'Or Televisual Bulldog Best Factual Entertainment 2012; Media Guardian programme of the year 08 & 09*** Series Director World's Maddest Job Interview (Jun/Jul 12) Cineflix/C4 The centrepiece of C4 Goes Mad season. 8 people undergo a series of psychological tests to explore mental health prejudice in the workplace. Series Director Sing While You Work (May 12) Twenty Twenty/BBC TWO I directed the semi-final and final of Gareth Malone's latest attempt to help the world sing. Series Director Four Rooms 1&2 (2011/12) TalkbackThames/C4 Developed distinctive format and style for new specialist factual series. The Radio Times noted that “…this quirky series, a brutal version of Antiques Roadshow, won a cult following.” Event director Derren Brown: Hero at 30,000 feet & Fear and Faith Objective/C4 Filmed climaxes of two shows: One where a man is convinced that he's flying a commercial aeroplane, and another where group of people take a ‘wonder drug.’ (2 x 60' Sept 10/ Oct 12) Prod/Dir/Filmed The Games that Time Forgot (1 x 60 Mar 10) Avalon/BBC4 Comic documentary with Alex Horne. Director The Event: How Racist Are You? (1 x 60 July 09) Dragonfly/C4 A workshop re-enactment of a classic 1960s psychological experiment (Blue eye/Brown eye). Execs Nick Curwin/Sanjay Singhal. Series Director Winging It (6 x 30 Jan - Mar 09) Zeppotron/BBC TWO Formatted improvisational comedy series. Comedians including Joe Thomas, Jonny Sweet and Rhys Thomas are thrown into strange situations armed only with their comedic skills. Execs Neil Webster/Ruth Phillips. Director David Lean: In Close Up with Jonathan Ross (1 x 60) Hotsauce/ BBC ONE A special film to celebrate 100 years since David Lean's birth, including contributions from Sir Richard Attenborough and Steven Spielberg (May - Jul 08). Prod/Dir/Filmed America Unchained (1 x 90) Avalon TV/C4/More4 In search of the “real” America, comedian Dave Gorman drives from coast to coast without giving money to “The Man” by only spending cash in independent stores. ***Winner audience award, Austin Film Fest. Shortlist, Best Documentary, Broadcast Awards 2009*** Exec/Series PD Take the Money and Run (1 x 60) Wild Rover Developed idea and filmed pilot for new format where people combat cops in a battle of minds for BBC ONE. Format bought and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for ABC. (Jul 07 - Mar 08) Series Producer How Not to Die (4 x 60) Scream Films/Sky One With ex SAS member Chris Ryan. Executive Producer Southan Morris (Mar Jul 05). Prod/Director The Truth About Food (Jan - Jul 06) BBC TWO Prod/Dir/Filmed Seaside on the Rocks (1 x 30 Jun 04) Reel Life TV/C4 A sideways glance at the state of the British Seaside for Sam Bickley at C4. Series Prod/Director Men are better than Women? (10 x 60) 12 Yard/Discovery Teams of men and women compete against each other to determine the stronger sex. ***Winner Silver Rose, Montreux 2003*** Pre-2003 Factual Credits as Producer/Director: Top Gear, Britain’s Best Sitcoms, 999, Home Front in the Garden, Home Front Inside Out. Drama Credits: Writer / Director Peace Smile Inside Films Short comedy drama with One Man Two Guv’nors’ star Rufus Hound. Director Paradise Males Smile Inside Films Short comedy drama starring Diane Morgan and Michael Spicer. Aerial sequence director Jean Charles Mango Films Directed helicopter sequence for feature film about the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes. 2nd Unit Director The Last Enemy (5 x 1hr) Box TV / BBC ONE Thriller starring Robert Carlyle and Benedict Cumberbatch (Feb - Apr 07). .